There are a lot of great Valiant images out there. You can find them on the covers and in the stories... But there a quite a few great images that could only be found in the advertisements! Quite often the advertisements for Valiant comics were printed months before the comics were released. The plans for covers sometimes changed between the ad and the release. Some art was drawn for the ads, but was never published in a comic. Other times you can recognize your favorite comic covers, but the colors could be completely different! Here are just a few of the promotional advertisements that were found mainly in "Previews Catalog" in the early 1990's. Valiant Advertisements Click on the ads for a larger image X-O Manowar #1 Ad - from Previews 9/91 220k image available also Harbinger #1 Ad - from Previews 9/91 317k image available also Harbinger #1 from above ad (different cover) - from Previews 9/91 Harbinger #0 Announcement - from Previews 9/91 Steel Nation TPB Announcement (never produced as described) - from Previews 11/91 Unity #0 Cover - artist Barry Windsor Smith - from Previews 3/92 420k image available also VALIANT 1992 Marketing Brochure - cover art from Unity #1 1MB image available also VALIANT 1993 Marketing Brochure - cover art from Second Life of Dr. Mirage #1 Previews March '92 Cover - artist Frank Miller Previews March '92 Cover Art - artist Frank Miller Harbinger #10 Ad - HARDCorps with "PSI-BORGS" logo - from Previews 3/92 Wizard #17 Cover - magazine front cover Wizard #17 Art - complete gatefold art by David Lapham and Bob Layton - from Previews 10/92 X-O Manowar #15 - (different cover) art by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder - from X-O TPB X-O Manowar #15 Ad - (different cover) as seen above - from Previews 11/92 Rai #9 Ad - art by Sean Chen and Kathryn Bolinger - from Previews 12/92 Rai #9 from above ad - (different cover) - from Previews 12/92 Magnus #25 Ad - (different cover) art by Cliff van Meter and Paul Autio - from Previews 1/93 Turok Promo - art by Bart Sears and Randy Elliot - from Previews 2/93 Spider Alien Info - Barry Windsor Smith art - from Previews 3/93 Close-Up of above drawing - from Previews 3/93 527k image available also Wizard #23 Ad - art by Bart Sears and McNabb - from Previews 4/93 Deathmate Prologue - art by Jim Lee and Bob Layton - from Previews 4/93 Deathmate Blue & Yellow - art by Mike Leeke and Tom Ryder - from Previews 5/93 Deathmate Blue - (different cover) pencils by Howard Simpson - from Previews 5/93 Deathmate Red - (different cover) art by Rob Liefeld - from Previews 5/93 UpperDeck Trading Cards - promotional art by Sean Chen and Kathryn Bolinger - from Previews 7/93 Valiant Advertisements From Comics Magnus Preview - from The Legend of Zelda #4 (2nd Series) - May 1991 cover date Solar Ad - from The Legend of Zelda #4 (2nd Series) - May 1991 cover date Ad from Magnus #1 - Unnumbered preview of Magnus #4 and an unpublished Solar cover Ad from Magnus #3 - Solar #1 Cover (alternate colors) and Magnus #0 Preview Ad from Magnus #4 - Solar #2 Cover and Magnus #5 flipbook (both alternate colors) Also see: VALIANT Pre-Unity Solicitations page. VALIANT Miscellaneous items page. |